Hey Yo All. Dave here.
Years ago I had a Phase1 306S16 that I loved and trashed. The hot hatch bug remained and now I get a chance to scratch the itch again. This time with far more auto know how and some actual spare cash for late night irrational purchases.
I lucked upon this little S1 106Xsi on trademe. Moved fast. Got lucky. FOMO and YOLO so they say. Picked it up off a nice enough guy that let it sit for far too long. Rego lapsed after he failed to put on hold again...
Seems straight enough apart from the typical 106 door fold. Was completely dead so trailered it home, put a new battery in and it fired right up! Runs and drives surprisingly well given the time it was sitting. Also needed a wash as it was starting to appear more green than white...
My aim is to have a nice fun unsuspecting road car for semi daily urban assault missions and weekend back road explorations... I fondly remember overtaking V8s on the uphill outside lanes in my S16... I love these things with their little lumpy 8v and no power steering. Real back to basics motoring.
But first up, get it back on the road, refreshed brakes, all fluids, check over belts, hoses etc to get it past compliance.
I would like to do some form of resto mod, but we shall see. I have wanted to play with one of these for a long time now so don't mind spending more time/money than sense on it.
In no particular order:
Upgrade brakes.
Tyres, T1R's or similar.
New hose kits, belts and pumps etc.
GroupN mounts all round.
And probably break into the engine to see whats up, resulting in new seals, HGs etc...Hopefully not a full rebuild, but then again, fast road cam maybe?
Does anyone know any history of this particular car?